Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!isi.edu!quark.isi.edu!pi From: pi@quark.isi.edu (Jen-I Pi) Newsgroups: comp.lsi Subject: Re: Effective Resistance of MOSFETs Keywords: MOSFEST, Resistance, Risetime Message-ID: <16708@venera.isi.edu> Date: 11 Feb 91 11:25:28 GMT References: <1991Feb9.201136.18151@engin.umich.edu> Sender: news@isi.edu Reply-To: pi@vlsi-cad.isi.edu (Jen-I Pi) Organization: USC/ISI (Information Science Institute) Lines: 27 In article <1991Feb9.201136.18151@engin.umich.edu>, ayman@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ayman Kayssi) writes: |> |> Is there a simple formula that relates the effective |> resistance of a mosfet to its dimensions and the rise |> time of the waveform at its gate ( when the transistor |> is the pull down of an inverter ) and possibly the |> capacitive load at its drain ? |> The simplest formula relates Reff to the dimensions, but |> that's not accurate enough. |> Thanks. |> See "Explicit Formulation of Delays in CMOS Data Paths", IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 1257-1264, 1988. for detail... To be brief, Equation (8) gives the effective resistance of a minimum size NMOS transistor in a chain of n inverters. Equation (11) gives the effective resistance for the TG (transmission gate) configuration. Hope this helps, ----- Jen-I pi@vlsi-cad.isi.edu :-) MOSIS Project, USC/ISI 4676 Admiralty way Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695 (213)822-1511 x640 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com